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Vilnius, Lithuania– More than 70 experts from across North America, Europe and Asia are meeting in the Lithuanian capital on today for a conference organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), UN Women and the Lithuanian Government, to discuss the implementation of the landmark

Ahead of International Day of Families on 15 May, we share Violet Shivutse’s story, featured as a story of change in UN Women’s flagship report Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights.

8 March 2015, New York, USA | Brendan Pastor – Holding signs and banners, chanting songs of solidarity, and rallying onlookers throughout the parade, thousands of women and men marched through the slushy streets of New York City in honor of International Wom...

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will visit Colombia from 8-9 May. She will meet with Government officials and Members of Congress, as well as representatives of the private sector, the diplomatic corps and civil society.

In the wake of the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April, which according to Government reports has caused more than 5,000 deaths and left more than 10,000 people injured, a flash appeal

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 27 July 2015—As the United Nations intensifies its humanitarian efforts to respond to the ongoing crisis in Yemen, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is working with partners to ensure safe birth for pregnant women and to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.

WAING MAW, Myanmar – “Some women are very upset and are not able to immediately explain what has happened,” caseworker Daw Lu Bu explained in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden Kachin State, where she treats survivors of gender-based violence.

20 September 2014, New York, USA | Brendan Pastor – Hollywood actress and activist Emma Watson joined with United Nations leadership to launch a new campaign aimed at galvanizing men and boys to become partners in the struggle for gender equality.

8 December 2014, New York, USA | Brendan Pastor - Human rights and equality are concepts that reign supreme in the United Nations and other progressively minded international organizations. But the reality on the ground for women is not always so rosy. Nowhere is this clearer than in the political realm, where women are too often excluded ...

Laila Ghanam, Governor of the Ramallah & Albireh Governorate, skims through the “Draft Constitution” of the Constitutional Shadow Committee during a visit to discuss. Photo: Palestinian Centre for Peace and Democracy/Ibrahim Abdeljawwad